Long work hours and physical fitness: 30-year risk of ischaemic heart disease and all-cause mortality among middle-aged Caucasian men

Andreas Holtermann; Ole Steen Mortensen; Hermann Burr; Karen Søgaard; Finn Gyntelberg; Poul Suadicani

doi:10.1136/hrt.2010.197145

Long work hours and physical fitness: 30-year risk of ischaemic heart disease and all-cause mortality among middle-aged Caucasian men

Andreas Holtermann, Ole Steen Mortensen, Hermann Burr, Karen Søgaard, Finn Gyntelberg, Poul Suadicani

Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

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Abstract

No previous long-term studies have examined if workers with low physical fitness have an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality due to long work hours. The aim of this study was to test this hypothesis.

Original language	English
Journal	Heart (British Cardiac Society)
Volume	96
Issue number	20
Pages (from-to)	1638-44
Number of pages	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2010.197145
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2010

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